16 Coding Bootcamps That Offer Scholarships for Women

July 29, 2014

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In a recent study, RJMetrics found that the tech community was about 29% female, with some cities scoring as low as 17% or 20%. Sam Altman just released some Y Combinator statistics on diversity, revealing that 19.5% of the startups they’ve funded this year have women on the founding team. Women are underrepresented in startups, and particularly in programming, and many organizations are out to change that.

Coding bootcamps are the newest wave of programming education, offering students an intensive education in coding over several months. Many programs offer help landing a job afterward, or give you a refund if you don’t get hired in a certain amount of time.

Dev Bootcamp (New York, Chicago, San Francisco): Women who are members of Girl Develop It are eligible for one of 10 Girl Develop It scholarships in 2014, which give you a $2,500 discount on tuition.

Metis (New York, Boston): Women and minorities are eligible for a $2,000 scholarship.

General Assembly (New York only): The Google Fellowship for Women offers a discount of $8,500 on the Web Development Immersive course, lowering the cost to $3,000. This scholarship is part of the Opportunity Fund, a program designed to promote diversity in partnership with organizations like Google and Microsoft. If you take the scholarship, you have to do 100 hours of youth mentoring with tech education nonprofits.

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Kira M. Newman is a Tech Cocktail writer interested in the harsh reality of entrepreneurship, work-life balance, and psychology. She is the founder of The Year of Happy and has been traveling around the world interviewing entrepreneurs in Asia, Europe, and North America since 2011. Follow her @kiramnewman or contact kira@tech.co.